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Office of Inspector General Update 2011 Mary Reinle Begley Inspector General
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Office of Inspector General
Update 2011
Mary Reinle BegleyInspector General
OIG Update 2011
Partner with CMS
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• Since December 2010, “Long Term Care Inspection Findings”• May download Statements of Deficiencies/Plans of Correction that have been issued since July 2010• A result of Section 6103 of the Affordable Care Act
OIG Update 2011
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OIG Update 2011
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OIG Update 2011
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• National Background Check program• 3 million dollars from CMS• 1 million dollar state match• Long-term Care facility focus• Go-live date planned – July 2, 2012• 3 year project - May 20, 2011
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• Independent Informal Dispute Resolution
• No longer completed by OIG• Outside agency to oversee
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• Long-term care surveys will become computerized • Quality Indicator Survey (QIS)
• May lengthen surveys initially • To begin 2012
OIG Update 2011-New Regulations
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• Level II PRTF• Created from HB 231 from the 2010 legislative session.• None licensed at this time• Children with severe psychiatric disorders • Currently treated out-of-state
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• Limited Services Clinic • Located primarily in a retail host
locations and staffed mostly by advanced practice registered nurses for the treatment of minor illnesses and common ailments
• 17 licensed with 20 waiting
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• Carbon Monoxide Detector Grant project• Long-term care facilities get detector
free• Collaborate closely with Department of
Public Health regarding Disasters• Now a part of the notification• Participated collaboratively on the
flooding in Western Kentucky this past spring
OIG Update 2011
• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius & CMS Administrator Donald Berwick announced
Partnership for Patients: Better Care, Lower Costs
• Promotes quality, safety, affordabilityCabinet for Health and Family Services
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• By the end of 2013• Preventable hospital-acquired
conditions, including hospital-associated infections, will be reduced from the 2010 level by 40% and preventable readmissions will be reduced by 20%
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• Focus on assessment:• Infection Control• Quality assessment and performance
improvement• Discharge planning
• 2012 - States will pre-test and pilot surveys
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eKASPER
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Mary Reinle BegleyInspector General
275 East Main StreetFrankfort, Kentucky 40621
Cell: (502) 382-7304Phone: (502) 564-2888 ext. 4282
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OIG Update 2011
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